Muisca cylindricollis

Muisca cylindricollis is a species of checkered beetles of the genus Muisca in the subfamily of Clerinae or Enopliinae. It was first described by zoologist Adriano Lúcio Peracchi in 1962 as Cregya cylindricollis.[1] The same author reclassified the species as Paracregya cylindricollis in 1964.[2] Paracregya cylindricollis was reclassified as Muisca cylindricollis by Ekis in 1975.[3] The genus is named after the Muisca from the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in central Colombia.[4]

Muisca cylindricollis
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M. cylindricollis
Binomial name
Muisca cylindricollis
(Peracchi, 1962)[1]
Synonyms

Cregya cylindricollis
Paracregya cylindricollis

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Bibliography

  • Peracchi, Adriano Lúcio. 1964. Dois novos géneros e uma nova espêcie de Enopliinae do Brasil (Coleoptera, Cleridae). Anais do II Congresso Latino-Americano de Zoologia I. 115-123. Accessed 2017-01-18.


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